Summer Rain and Heartbeats

/Mutual pining/

[Sweet and well-behaved on the surface, but stubborn to the core: the cool girl × A spring breeze on the surface, but even more stubborn and awkward underneath: the determined boy]

At seventeen, Ruan Ran caught one glimpse of a boy and never forgot it. His features were strikingly dark, and he was proud and handsome, yet he smiled at everyone. After speaking at the flag-raising ceremony, he won himself plenty of admirers for his looks.

As feelings blossomed in their teenage years, bold and enthusiastic girls took turns sending him love letters. Ruan Ran was no exception, swept along by the trend.

Before graduation, Ruan Ran called out to him. “Chen Yize, let’s meet here after the graduation ceremony. There’s something I need to tell you.”

Just as she was ready to bring the feelings she had nurtured for so long into the light, she learned that he had signed with a talent agency.

After the graduation ceremony,

he smiled, lowered his eyes, clenched his fist, and held back his feelings as he asked, “What is it?”

Ruan Ran hid the envelope behind her back and crumpled it up. Waving her hand, she pretended nothing was wrong. “For our farewell dinner, let’s have iron-pot stewed goose!”

-

The next time she saw him was at his concert.

Inside the open-air stadium, the screams of his fans were deafening. An ordinary girl like her was lost in the crowd, watching him shine onstage.

After the concert, Ruan Ran wiped away her tears. Just as she was about to toss the shattered pieces of her youth into the trash, someone grabbed her by the collar and hauled her into a car.

The man pinned her against the car door, his voice hoarse. “Madam, you’ve taken the act a little too far today.”

Note:

[A low-key school romance with a slow start]

[The male lead is not an idol and has done nothing wrong to the people who like him.]

[This is a school romance, not an entertainment-industry story.]